Adolescents are at risk for HIV because of sexual and drug behavior initiated during this developmental period. Adolescents in the juvenile justice system are at increased risk for HIV due to higher rates of substance use and psychopathology than their non-offending peers. Juvenile justice youth may therefore also be less likely to benefit from frequently used skills based interventions. It appears that emotional lability, frequently found in this population, disrupts skills learned. This project will implement and evaluate an affect management HIV prevention intervention for adolescents in a juvenile drug court program. Affect management and general health promotion interventions will be compared to determine which intervention best reduces risk behavior among adolescents in the drug court.

5 session group intervention that focused on teaching affect management skills and included HIV prevention and sexual health training

Active Comparator: 2

Behavioral: General Health Promotion

5 session group focused on delivering general health promotion information in didactic format

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

13 Years to 18 Years

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Adolescents enrolled in the juvenile drug court program

Exclusion Criteria:

Adolescent is HIV positive

Adolescent is pregnant

Adolescent is developmentally delayed

Adolescent has history of sexual crime

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00748800